Writing on its official blog, Sony confirmed that from today, all Xperia mobiles released in 2011 will start getting Ice Cream Sandwich. Those three devices listed above are up first, with the update arriving in Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Norway to start with.

Unfortunately, to update your phone you'll need to connect it to a PC or Mac, but it's good to see Sony offering names and dates for its smart phone updates, even if most of those dates are still hauntingly far away.

Folks will also be keen to see exactly how stable the new update is, especially following Sony's recent comments regarding the "extreme stability" of Gingerbread. Sony said that while Ice Cream Sandwich is "new and compelling in many ways", it's "not a bad idea to stay" on the older version of Android.

If you want a sneak peek at what Ice Cream Sandwich will look like on your Xperia phone, check out Sony's video of the beta version in action below. In the meantime, let me know which Xperia phone you own -- and what you're hoping to see from the update -- in the comments or on our Facebook wall.

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